Author: John Kyrou

NPL Scores (April 01-02)

Brittany Thomas through on goal on Sunday against Alamein (PHOTO: Cindy Nitsos)

NPL WOMEN / GIRLS

Level	Rd	Opposition	Venue	Result	SMFC Goal Scorers
Seniors	06	Alamein FC	HA Smith Reserve	1-2	Ayres
Under 18s	06	Alamein FC	HA Smith Reserve	2-0	Bellingham, Anastassiou
Under 15s	06	Alamein FC	HA Smith Reserve	5-0	Scorers TBC
Under 13s	06	Alamein FC	HA Smith Reserve	3-2	Demaria, Goutzioulis, Marsh

NPL JUNIORS (BOYS)

Level	Rd	Opposition	Venue	Result	SMFC Goal Scorers
Under 20s	07	Green Gully	Green Gully Reserve	5-1	Kecojevic (x3), Marafioti, Layton
Under 18s	05	Box Hill United	Wembley Park	4-1	Layton (x2), Stewart, Laurie
Under 16s	05	Box Hill United	Wembley Park	1-3	Barforosh
Under 15s	05	Box Hill United	Wembley Park	4-0	Abdou (x3), Atura
Under 14s	05	Box Hill United	Wembley Park	3-2	Longhurst (x2), Panakos
Under 13s	05	Box Hill United	Wembley Park	2-3	Durso, Markovski

April 4, 2017

2017 NPL Victoria Round 07 / Match Stats

Jesse Daley in action against Green Gully (PHOTO: Green Gully Facebook).

FT (HT)	Green Gully 4 (0)	South Melbourne 4 (2)
Goals	Davies 76′, 88′ Nour 79′ Krousoratis 83′	Lujic 19’p Epifano 29′ Millar 60′, 79′
Yellows	Jones 19′ Taseski 55′ Walker 65′ Reid 70′ Krousoratis 84′	Schroen 47′
Reds	None	None
Teams	23 Rani Dowisha (GK) 02 Matthew Reid 04 Daniel Jones (c) 05 Jonathan Bounas 08 George Lambadaridis (77 Stephen Hatzikostas 71′) 10 Matthew Breeze (09 Sami Nour 70′) 11 Nicholas Krousoratis 12 Wade Dekker (07 Jay Davies 46′) 16 Kliment Taseski 17 Alexander Caniglia 25 Jeremy Walker	01 Nikola Roganovic (GK) 08 Luke Pavlou 26 Carl Piergianni 05 Luke Adams 11 Brad Norton (c) 18 Matthew Millar 23 Matthew Foschini 15 Jesse Daley (06 Liam McCormick 76′) 17 Marcus Schroen 07 Nick Epifano (27 Leigh Minopoulos 78′) 09 Milos Lujic
Unused	01 Aaron Schille (GK) 14 Dion Paola	02 Tim Mala 04 Michael Eagar 21 Zaim Zeneli (GK)

April 4, 2017

2017 FFA Cup Round 05 / Match Stats

Goal scorers Andy Kecojevic and Jesse Daley (15) celebrate a goal against Monbulk (PHOTO: Cindy Nitsos).

FT (HT)	Monbulk Rangers 0 (0)	South Melbourne 4 (1)
Goals		Daley 17′, 58′ Lujic 66′ Kecojevic 90+3′
Yellows	Howard 15′ Angulo 90+2′	Millar 22′
Reds	None	None
Teams	33 David Milne (GK) 02 Chris Howard (28 Ahren Anguld 79′) 05 Declan McAleese 09 Geordie Scott 10 Arash Sadeghi (04 Patrick O’Loughlin 73′) 14 Marcus Watson 17 Jamie Oxley (25 Jack Allen 73′) 19 Cam Poynter 22 Alex Bezanovic 26 Sam Allen 34 Ewen Doonan	21 Zaim Zeneli (GK) (33 Amir Jashari 88′) 02 Tim Mala (16 Josh Hodes 65′) 04 Michael Eagar 05 Luke Adams 11 Brad Norton (c) 18 Matthew Millar 23 Matthew Foschini 15 Jesse Daley 22 Andy Kecojevic 27 Leigh Minopoulos 09 Milos Lujic (19 Gavin De Niese 69′)
Unused	01 Beau Newman (GK) 16 Shaun O’Rourke	06 Liam McCormick 17 Marcus Schroen

March 28, 2017

NPL Scores (March 24-26)

Melina Ayres flies high at the back post and scores against Southern United (PHOTO: Cindy Nitsos)

NPL WOMEN / GIRLS

Level	Rd	Opposition	Venue	Result	SMFC Goal Scorers
Seniors	05	Southern United	Lawton Park Reserve	3-1	Ayres (x2), Greiser
Under 18s	05	Southern United	Lawton Park Reserve	6-1	Scroggie (x2), Laszczak (x2), Anastassiou, Jarvis
Under 15s	05	Southern United	Lawton Park Reserve	0-1
Under 13s	05	Southern United	Lawton Park Reserve	1-2	Kotsiras

NPL JUNIORS (BOYS)

Level	Rd	Opposition	Venue	Result	SMFC Goal Scorers
Under 20s	06	Oakleigh Cannons	Jack Edwards Reserve	1-2	Zarbos
Under 18s	04	Murray United	La Trobe University	1-0	Baker
Under 16s	04	Murray United	La Trobe University	4-0	Pegoli (x2), Garrow, Barforosh p
Under 15s	04	Murray United	La Trobe University	3-2	Abdou (x2), Tsitsinaris
Under 14s	04	Murray United	La Trobe University	16-1	Panakos (x5), Longhurst (x3), Vlogianitis (x3), Pavlovic (x2), Wong, Andrianakos, Polymenopoulos
Under 13s	04	Murray United	La Trobe University	16-0	Markovski (x5), Asani (x4), Durakovic (x2), Sivritas (x2), Durso, Jong, Thomson

March 27, 2017

2017 NPL Victoria Round 06 / Match Stats

SMFC team photo before the game against the Oakleigh Cannons (PHOTO: Smile for Peter).

FT (HT)	Oakleigh Cannons 1 (0)	South Melbourne 0 (0)
Goals	Piemonte 53′
Yellows	Georgopoulos 54′ Matthews 72′ Foster 82′	Lujic 45′
Reds	None	Pavlou 75′
Teams	01 John Honos (GK) 04 Tom Matthews 05 Aron Wilford (23 Shayan Alinejad 74′) 06 Ioannis Georgopoulos 08 Dusan Bosnjak 10 Dean Piemonte 12 Iqi Jawadi 14 Nate Foster 17 Giuseppe Marafioti (19 Goran Zoric 69′) 22 Anthony Rizk (21 Kon Stratomitros 39′) 26 Perry Lambropoulos	01 Nikola Roganovic (GK) 02 Tim Mala 26 Carl Piergianni 05 Luke Adams 08 Luke Pavlou 06 Liam McCormick (19 Gavin De Niese 83′) 23 Matthew Foschini 15 Jesse Daley (22 Andy Kecojevic 69′) 18 Matthew Millar 17 Marcus Schroen (91 Giordano Marafioti 79′) 09 Milos Lujic
Unused	11 Dimitri Hatzimouratis 95 Evan Kraloglou (GK)	04 Michael Eagar 21 Zaim Zeneli (GK)

March 25, 2017

NPL Scores (March 18-19)

SMFC’s Under 18s before their NPL Victoria Girls match against Bayside (PHOTO: Smile for Peter).

NPL WOMEN / GIRLS

Level	Rd	Opposition	Venue	Result	SMFC Goal Scorers
Seniors	04	Bayside United	Kingston Heath	3-2	Ayres (x2), Greiser
Under 18s	04	Bayside United	Kingston Heath	1-4	Anastassiou
Under 15s	04	Bayside United	Kingston Heath	3-0	Perry, Smith, Stoic
Under 13s	04	Bayside United	Kingston Heath	1-3	Demaria

NPL JUNIORS (BOYS)

Level	Rd	Opposition	Venue	Result	SMFC Goal Scorers
Under 20s		No Game
Under 18s	03	Richmond Eagles	Kevin Bartlett Reserve	4-1	Kolaj (x3), Karasawa
Under 16s	03	Richmond Eagles	Kevin Bartlett Reserve	5-0	Theseira (x3), Fogel, Garrow
Under 15s	03	Richmond Eagles	Kevin Bartlett Reserve	3-0	Abdou (x2), Mitsonis
Under 14s	03	Richmond Eagles	Kevin Bartlett Reserve	5-0	Longhurst (x2), Stuart, Chong, Torossian
Under 13s	03	Richmond Eagles	Kevin Bartlett Reserve	3-1	Asani (x2), Jong

March 20, 2017

2017 FFA Cup Round 04 / Match Stats

SMFC are through to the next round of the cup after beating Eastern Lions 2-0 (PHOTO: Cindy Nitsos).

FT (HT)	South Melbourne 2 (0)	Eastern Lions 0 (0)
Goals	Lujic 52′ Own Goal 57′
Yellows	Daley 60′ Foschini 72′ Piergianni 90+3′
Reds	None	None
Teams	01 Nikola Roganovic (GK) 03 Kristian Konstantinidis 26 Carl Piergianni 05 Luke Adams 11 Brad Norton (c) 06 Liam McCormick (08 Luke Pavlou 75′) 23 Matthew Foschini 15 Jesse Daley (19 Gavin De Niese 87′) 18 Matthew Millar 27 Leigh Minopoulos (22 Andy Kecojevic 62′) 09 Milos Lujic	01 Christopher Van Corler (GK) 02 Kostas Droutsas 03 Matthew Collier 04 Samuel Mack 06 Andrew Williams (c) 07 William Ellis 08 Ryan Losty 09 Gianni Allebi 15 Yianni Toumanidis 16 Shaun Kenny 18 Arif Askari
Unused	04 Michael Eagar 21 Zaim Zeneli (GK)	Sub 12 Resit Culculoglu Sub 13 Jacob Lay Sub 14 Marius Sorace Sub 17 Andreas Papanicolaou Sub 28 Hugh-James Thomas

March 19, 2017

NPL Scores (March 11-12)

Melina Ayres celebrates one of her two goals against Calder on Saturday (PHOTO: Cindy Nitsos).

NPL WOMEN / GIRLS

Level	Rd	Opposition	Venue	Result	SMFC Goal Scorers
Seniors	03	Calder United	Keilor Park Reserve	4-2	Ayres 51′, 81′, Greiser 63′, Thomas 84′
Under 18s	03	Calder United	Keilor Park Reserve	1-1	Vlahopoulos 89′
Under 15s	03	Calder United	Keilor Park Reserve	6-1	Perry 3′, Keyt 8′, 17′, 20′, 70′, Scolaro 40′
Under 13s	03	Calder United	Keilor Park Reserve	1-2	Demaria 30′

NPL JUNIORS (BOYS)

Level	Rd	Opposition	Venue	Result	SMFC Goal Scorers
Under 20s	05	St Albans Saints	Churchill Reserve	5-2	Dib 3′, 56′, Marafioti 20’p, 83′, Iradukunda 57′
Under 18s	02	Port Melbourne	Anderson Reserve	1-1	Karasawa
Under 16s	02	Port Melbourne	Anderson Reserve	2-1	Garrow, Barforosh
Under 15s	02	Port Melbourne	Anderson Reserve	6-1	Abdou 3′, 35′, 55′, Giannakarios 60′, Lekatsas 64′, Atura 69′
Under 14s	02	Port Melbourne	Anderson Reserve	3-2	Panakos, Chong, Polymenopoulos
Under 13s	02	Port Melbourne	Anderson Reserve	10-0	Markovski 16′, 19′, 37′, 40′, Thomson 17′, Asani 29′, Durso 32′, Swinney 33′, Sdregas 54′, Durakovic 60′

March 12, 2017

2017 NPL Victoria Round 05 / Match Stats

SMFC players celebrate Leigh Minopoulos’ goal against St Albans (PHOTO: Cindy Nitsos).

FT (HT)	St Albans Saints 0 (0)	South Melbourne 2 (1)
Goals		Lujic 35’p Minopoulos 90′
Yellows	Otuo-Acheampong 14′ Grgic 35′ Slovacek 64′	Foschini 36′
Reds	None	None
Teams	01 Chris May (GK) 02 Ryan McGuffie 03 Nana Yaw 07 Matthew Cundari (40 Daniel Duzel 83′) 08 Daniel Chaabani 09 Luis Covarrubias 10 Hernan Espindola (12 Jean Solorzano 70′) 11 Joseph Monek 14 Daniel Slovacek (17 Adrian Dobraszkiewicz 77′) 16 Michael Grgic 18 Ben Shaper	01 Nikola Roganovic (GK) 03 Kristian Konstantinidis 26 Carl Piergianni 05 Luke Adams 11 Brad Norton (c) 06 Liam McCormick (02 Tim Mala 90+3′) 23 Matthew Foschini 15 Jesse Daley (08 Luke Pavlou 81′) 18 Matthew Millar 27 Leigh Minopoulos (22 Andy Kecojevic 90+3′) 09 Milos Lujic
Unused	05 Davor Pavleka 41 Aaron Romein (GK)	04 Michael Eagar 21 Zaim Zeneli (GK)

March 12, 2017

2017 NPL Victoria Round 04 / Match Stats

Substitute Leigh Minopoulos against Heidelberg United (PHOTO: Cindy Nitsos).

FT (HT)	Heidelberg United 1 (0)	South Melbourne 0 (0)
Goals	Athiu 81′
Yellows	Theodoris 39′ Petrie 45′	Norton 37′ Lujic 39′ Schroen 45+3′ Mala 62′
Reds	None	None
Teams	01 Chris Theodoris-Petropoulos (GK) 02 Joshua Wilkins 04 Jordan Wilkes 07 Rueben Way (05 Philip Petreski 88′) 10 Jack Petrie 11 Kostas Kanakaris 12 Kenny Athiu 13 Luke Byles (c) 14 Harry Noon (06 Lewis Hall 90+4′) 17 Steven Pace 19 Sean Ellis (15 Paul O’Brien 87′)	01 Nikola Roganovic (GK) 02 Tim Mala (03 Kristian Konstantinidis 72′) 26 Carl Piergianni 05 Luke Adams 11 Brad Norton (c) 06 Liam McCormick (15 Jesse Daley 85′) 08 Luke Pavlou 17 Marcus Schroen (27 Leigh Minopoulos 62′) 23 Matthew Foschini 18 Matthew Millar 09 Milos Lujic
Unused	09 Adrian Zahra 23 Christian Pavlidis (GK)	21 Zaim Zeneli (GK) 22 Andy Kecojevic

March 5, 2017